A
sad incident also occurred in two mosques in Cilandak area, South Jakarta. This
is the first time such vandalism had ever occurred in Jami’ Al-Hikmah Mosque at
Jalan Lebak Bulus IV RT 008/RW 04, West Cilandak, South Jakarta, and Masjid Jami’
Nurul Falah at Jalan Karang Tengah Raya, Cilandak, South Jakarta. The two
mosques were defaced with immoral pictures spray-painted in red early Thursday (18/4/2019)
morning.

Jami’
Al-Hikmah’s Takmir Masjid (Mosque Caretaker),
Kibay, stated that all of a sudden, several unknown persons defaced the pillars
and walls of the Masjid Jami’ Al-Hikmah at about 04.30 a.m. WIB. This took
about 5 or 6 minutes. “So about 04.30 that morning, somebody on a motorcycle
wearing a full-face helmet, black jacket, and shorts suddenly messed up the
mosque’s walls and pillars. It took him about 5 or 6 minutes while we could
only look on in amazement. Afterwards, he just went back on his way as if
nothing had happened,” he said on the grounds of Masjid Jami’ Al-Hikmah, Saturday
(20/4/2019).

Also
on Thursday, Masjid Jami’ Nurul Falah became a victim of vandalism. The mosque,
located 2 kilometers away from the previous one, was defaced at 3 points: pillars,
walls and entryway. The Takmir of Masjid Jami’ Nurul Falah said that the
mosque’s caretakers and local residents immediately cleaned off the immoral
squiggles. They managed to do so quickly, as the paint was still wet at the
time. “Alhamdulillah, Praise Be to Allah,
we managed to erase it immediately at the time. We did it in order to spare the
view to the flock praying here,” he said.

The occurrence of threats and terror after the 2019 Elections was responded to by former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieut. Gen. of the Army (Ret.) J. Suryo Prabowo. He stated in his Twitter account, “Terror is made from the desecration of places of worship to shootings. Because they know they are losing, they incite riots and chaos. If chaos and riots occur, they could seize the means to take control of the situation. I ask you: is that any way to implement democracy?” (Ekawati)